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FREDERICK STE'AR'NS, OF D TRoITfMIoHIenN.

' Letters Patent 1%,35306, (time March 24, 18 68.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CO CERN: t p r I V Knowell inenKthatf I, FsEIgER IcKSTEARNS, of Detroit; in thecounty of Wayne, and State of Michigan haveinvented a new and usefuLInt provement in e C'ompoundfor Hair-Dressing;and I do declare that the fol;

lowing is a. true and accuretedescription thereof, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, and being i part of this specification. V

It has long been known that cocoa-nut i'atjs one 'qf thebstingredients-thnt can be used in the prepare- ;tion of a hairdressing,and no'thing but the diificulty ofldeodorizing it hizs prevented itsvery general use. By a series of experiments, Iha've not onl'y'succeededin deodorizing it, but a lso. combining it with castor-oil, anotherVegetable oil, by whicliitsjutility as a hair-dres'sing'is verymoteriallyincrensed. Alcohol of a certain strength is required to cutthe combined cocoa-nut fat and caster-oil.

Having thus mentioned the nature of mycompounrl, I will now describe itsmanufacture, and give the pro: portions of each ingredient used;premising,'however, that the proportions should be varied according tothe strength ofthe alcohol, as'sometirnes itmay beimpossible to obtainthe alcohol of the strength named: I take eighteen pounds of cocoa-nutfat, which I meltin a suitable water-bath, and, when rnelted, addthirty-two pints of czistor-oil. When nearly coo1,I add thirty-two pintsof alcohol, above eighty-eight per cent. proof, and

perfume with any suitable amouut of anytdesirecl essential oil, orvarious essential oils in combination.

Wha.t I claim as-my iu'vention; 5nd desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The eombinationhf cocoa-nut fatyeastomqil, and alcohol with anyappropriate perfumes, substantially in the proportions named, and forthe purposes described.

1 I FREDERICK STEARNS. Witnesses:

Gnoncn B; SIMoNs, n O. W Henson.

